Discovery certificate for object 2018kar
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26529 [ 2018TNSTR1941....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-17 15:27:24
Sender: Gaia (Gaia_Bot1)
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018kar
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dvp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:18:23.680 (274.598667) DEC = +27:13:00.70 (27.216861)
Discovery date: 2018-12-14 15:01:26.000 (JD=2458467.1259954)


Remarks: candidate SN near PanSTARRS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-14 15:01:26.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-24 22:39:21
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018kar